Deputies searching for suspect in Jacksboro Highway slaying

Authorities are asking anyone with information about the location of Tony Vincent Novello to give them a call.
Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department
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AZLE

Sheriff’s deputies are seeking the public’s help locating a man they say is armed, dangerous and wanted in connection with a fatal shooting.

Authorities have issued a murder arrest warrant for Tony Vincent Novello, 24, a man described as a felon convicted of multiple crimes, said Terry Grisham, Tarrant County Sheriffs Department spokesman.

Novello got a visit from a man and a woman about 2 a.m. Tuesday and he got in a fight with the man, Grisham said. During the fight, Alec Puente, 22, was shot while at Hilltop RV Park in the 7800 block of Jacksboro Highway, near Lake Worth, Grisham said.

Puente was taken to a hospital in Azle, where he died at 2:50 a.m., according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner.

About Novello’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office at 817-884-1213 or B. Gantt, criminal investigator, at 817-475-9019.

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